This one speaks for itself.

Metamorphism
Haiku 20

Pressure changes you.
In the end, you’re more stable
but wow, it’s intense.

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Liquefaction. Now here’s a word and a concept I didn’t know before, did you?

Liquefaction
Haiku 19

Shifting at the fault
till even the soil shakes.
The seeds are abuzz!

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Glaciation
Haiku 18

The receding ice
leaves kettles, eskers, tarns, horns
and us. Hot. Sorry.

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Geology is just plain cool. I think what I love most about it is seeing it as something so set, so stable, so ancient and immutable and hard-as-rock-like, when really it’s wildly dynamic. We’re just not paying close enough attention to see that…

Deposition
Haiku 17

Our loads are heavy
and they build up over time.
Let’s leave bits behind.

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Eruption
Haiku 16

The earth opens up,
releasing the hottest rage.
It solidifies.

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Oh, I’m excited about this — it’s geology week, starting with erosion. And right away I’m realizing that geological processes are pretty bang-up on their own but also really lend themselves to metaphor. Here we go…

Erosion
Haiku 15

Life wearing away
bank, bedrock and confidence.
What degradation!

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It’s the end of body week, folks!
I gotta say, I’m kind of eager to move onto geology tomorrow — it feels more naturally haiku-ish.
But before I do, respiration. (*and yes, I typed 13 when it’s really the 14th. I don’t want to feel rushed!)

Respiration
Haiku 14

Oxygenating
every lusty, needy cell
till satiated

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What got into me, picking excretion as a poetry prompt?

Excretion
Haiku 13

They say use it all,
fin to skin and root to stalk.
Expel leftovers.

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